Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:adoptedBy Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Pliny the Younger
gptkbp:birthDate c. 61 AD
61 AD
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Como,_Italy
Como
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:cognomen gptkb:Caecilius_Secundus
gptkbp:correspondedWith gptkb:Emperor_Trajan
gptkbp:deathDate c. 113 AD
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Bithynia-Pontus
gptkbp:documentedIn Roman administrative practices
gptkbp:education gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:genre epistolary literature
history
oratory
gptkbp:hasWrittenFor gptkb:Suetonius
gptkb:Tacitus
gptkb:Emperor_Trajan
friends and family
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
gptkbp:influenced Roman literature
gptkbp:influencedBy Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:legacy important source for Roman history
letters provide insight into Roman society and politics
important source for Roman administrative history
letters are key sources for early Christianity
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Roman_Senate
gptkbp:nomen gptkb:Plinius
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Epistulae_(Letters)
gptkb:Panegyricus_Traiani
gptkb:Epistulae
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
author
gptkbp:officeHolder consul
praetor
quaestor
tribune
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:literature
gptkbp:praenomen gptkb:Gaius
gptkbp:relative Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:religion Roman polytheism
gptkbp:servedAs governor of Bithynia-Pontus
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Calpurnia
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Quintilian
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Pliny_the_Younger_(biographical_studies)
Pliny the Younger (biographies)
gptkbp:witnessedBy gptkb:eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_(79_AD)
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:destruction_of_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum
gptkb:early_Christians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Πλίνιος_ο_Νεότερος
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6